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Trudeau II : Further ethics laws broken

8/14/2019

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​Canadian political history was made as Prime Minister Trudeau was found guilty for the second time in contravening the Conflict of Interest Act.

In the ruling released this week by Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Mario Dion, the guilty verdict related to the actions of Mr. Trudeau in seeking to influence a decision of the Attorney General of Canada in relation to the prosecution of SNC Lavalin.

This situation led to the resignation of Ms.Jody Wilson-Raybould from the Liberal cabinet, before Mr. Trudeau removed her and Ms.Jane Philpott (whom likewise resigned from cabinet due to concerns on the subject) from the Liberal caucus.

The report released this week, known as “Trudeau II” raises some very troubling findings.

The Commissioner found "The Prime Minister, directly and through his senior officials, used various means to exert influence over Ms. Wilson‑Raybould. The authority of the Prime Minister and his office was used to circumvent, undermine and ultimately attempt to discredit the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions as well as the authority of Ms. Wilson‑Raybould as the Crown's chief law officer,"

The Commissioner noted that he was denied some of the required information to view “the entire body of evidence” and that some witnesses were also unable to share certain information because of these same restrictions. 

Ultimately his conclusion was "The evidence showed there were many ways in which Mr. Trudeau, either directly or through the actions of those under his direction, sought to influence the Attorney General."

Since the report was publicly released Mr. Trudeau stated that he “takes responsibility for the mistakes that I made” yet at the same time he has also stated that he disagrees with some of the Commissioners findings.

Having now read the Commissioners report in full I also have a few thoughts.

When this SNC Lavalin situation was first reported in the Globe & Mail, Mr. Trudeau told reporters “The allegations in the Globe story this morning are false,” 

Later at a March 7,2019 news conference Mr. Trudeau stated  “In Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s case she did not come to me & I wish she had,” 

The challenge with this statement is that the Trudeau II report clearly reveals that on September 17 of 2018 Ms. Wilson-Raybould did meet with Mr. Trudeau and relayed her concerns directly to him.

In other words the comments made by Mr. Trudeau in March of 2019 do not reconcile with the facts of September 17th of 2018 as outlined in the report.

My question this week: What do you think the Prime Minister should do in light of this serious report? 

I can be reached at Dan.Albas@parl.gc.ca or call toll free 1-800-665-8711. 
4 Comments
Frank Robertson
8/14/2019 04:22:40 pm

Sir ;
I contend that the Prime Minister should apologize and then resign.
Failing to do so, the Liberal Party of Canada, it's members and Liberal MP's should demand his resignation. Failure on their part to do this would, in my opinion, make them complicit in the unethical conduct of the leader, who seems intent too rule Canadians, rather than represent them. I am most bothered by the attempts of the PMO that kept information from Mr.Dion, and limited the testimony of a number of people who had information relevant to the investigation.

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richard millar
8/14/2019 11:51:08 pm

I totally agree with you this man should be charged and face a legal court for his actions he should be kicked out of the liberal cacaus once and for all a complete and utter betrayal of him to Canadians in whole disgraceful does not even cover his actions

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Karen M Cowling
8/15/2019 10:15:36 am

First of all, I think he should sincerely apologize to Jody Wilson Raybould and Jane Philpott and then to the Canadian people. Then I think he should resign as Prime Minister of Canada. Of course, we know, this won't happen, so I trust that Canadians will vote him out soundly at the polls on Oct. 21.

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Peter Lehmann
8/17/2019 01:22:50 pm

Come on, let’s play the disgusting "Trudeau Scandal" board game. 
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Let's do it",,, and the notorious list goes on and on. 
Who, in their right mind,,, would vote for this fool, again ? 
Anyone?
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